Sultanabad Union () is a Union Parishad under North Matlab Upazila of Chandpur District in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It has an area of 14.7 square kilometres and a population of 25,788.
Geography Sultanabad Union is located in the North Matlab Upazila. It borders East Fatehpur Union in the west, Islamabad Union in the north and South Matlab Upazila in the south and east. It has an area of 14.7 square kilometres.
Demography Sultanabad has a population of 25,788.
Administration Sultanabad constitutes the no. 14 union council of North Matlab Upazila. It contains 22 villages and five mouzas: Faridkandi, Gorairkandi, Konyarkandi, Jamalkandi, Majlispur, Islamabad, Nayakandi, Hatighata, North Tarki, Middle Tarki, South Tarki, Vinandapur, Little Lakshmipur, Great Lakshmipur, Char Lakshmipur, Amuakanda, Tatua, Char Barua, Char Pathalia.
List of chairmen NameTermNotesSiraj Master10/2/1963 - 9/2/1969Ali Husayn1963-1968Shafiq Mia1969-1974Zahirul Haq1974-1979Siddiqur Rahman Dewanji1979-1984Shafiqul Islam Patwari2000-2008Abdur Rahman Mia2008-2010ActingManzur Murshid Swapan2022Abu Bakr Siddiq Khokan2024Present
Economy and tourism Sultanabad has hundreds of expatriates in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Italy, United States and Australia contributing to its economy. It has many Haat bazaars: Tarki Old Bazaar, Induria Daser Bazaar, Char Pathalia Daskandi Bazar as well as the ones in Amirabad, Janta, Satubazar, Sardarkandi, Badamtali, Little Hadiya, Kaptan Bazar, Gauranga Bazaar and Ananda Bazaar.
Education The Union has a literacy rate of 80%. It has 9 primary schools and 2 high schools. There are five madrasas.
Language and culture The native population converse in their native Comillan dialect but can also converse in Standard Bengali. Languages such as Arabic and English are also taught in schools. The Union contains many mosques and eidgahs.
Notable people General Aziz Ahmed, former Chief of Army Staff (CAS) of the Bangladesh Army
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